Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong jailed for contempt

Joshua Wong, a pro-democracy activist, said that he would vote from prisonANTHONY WALLACE/GETTY IMAGES

A prominent student leader of the 2014 Hong Kong democracy movement has been jailed after the high court ruled that he should serve three months on a contempt charge.

Joshua Wong, 21, confirmed the sentence on Twitter and said he would vote from inside prison in a by-election due in March. “We will accept it with calmness,” Wong wrote. “We hope the pro-democracy camp will unite.”

Judge Andrew Chan said that Wong, who was a student at the time, obstructed a police operation to disperse protests in November 2014. Traffic had been disrupted for weeks by the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement.

“Although Mr Wong stayed in the area for just 1.5 hours, his involvement . . . was deep and extensive,” Judge Chan said in a statement reported by…